Association of Radiotherapy Duration With Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Esophageal Cancer Treated in NRG Oncology Trials: A Secondary Analysis of NRG Oncology Randomized Clinical Trials.

Importance: For many types of epithelial malignant neoplasms that are treated with definitive radiotherapy (RT), treatment prolongation and interruptions have an adverse effect on outcomes.

Objective: To analyze the association between RT duration and outcomes in patients with esophageal cancer who were treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT).

Design, Setting, And Participants: This study was an unplanned, post hoc secondary analysis of 3 prospective, multi-institutional phase 3 randomized clinical trials (Radiation Therapy Oncology Group [RTOG] 8501, RTOG 9405, and RTOG 0436) of the National Cancer Institute-sponsored NRG Oncology (formerly the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, RTOG, and Gynecologic Oncology Group).

Cs-131 brachytherapy for patients with recurrent glioblastoma combined with bevacizumab avoids radiation necrosis while maintaining local control.

Purpose: Re-irradiation of recurrent glioblastoma (GBM) may delay further recurrence but re-irradiation increases the risk of radionecrosis (RN). Salvage therapy should focus on balancing local control (LC) and toxicity. We report the results of using intraoperative Cesium-131 (Cs-131) brachytherapy for recurrent GBM in a population of patients who also received bevacizumab.

Omission of Adjuvant Radiotherapy in the Elderly Breast Cancer Patient: Missed Opportunity?

Purpose: We used the National Cancer Data Base to analyze practice patterns of adjuvant breast radiotherapy (RT) in elderly patients to see if a difference in overall survival (OS) could be detected. Additionally, we investigated factors that affected OS in these patients.

Patients And Methods: Women aged ≥ 65 years with hormone receptor-positive and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative pathologic T1-T2N0M0 invasive breast cancer measuring up to 3 cm who were treated with breast conservation and adjuvant endocrine therapy without adjuvant chemotherapy were identified and stratified by use of adjuvant RT.

Role of Postoperative Radiotherapy in Pathologic Stage IIIA (N2) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in a Prospective Nationwide Oncology Outcomes Database.

Introduction: The role of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) in the treatment of pathologic stage IIIA (N2) NSCLC remains controversial. We investigated practice patterns and outcomes for these patients in a prospectively maintained nationwide oncology outcomes database.

Methods: Patients with known histologic features of pathologic stage IIIA (N2) NSCLC who underwent an operation with negative margins and received adjuvant multiagent chemotherapy from 2004 to 2013 were identified from the National Cancer Data Base and stratified by the use of PORT.

Addition of Surgery After Radiation Significantly Improves Survival in Stage IIIB Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A Population-Based Analysis.

Objectives: Limited work, either retrospective or prospective, has been done to investigate whether or not there is a cause-specific mortality (CSM) or all-cause mortality (ACM) benefit to adding surgery following neoadjuvant treatment for Stage IIIB NSCLC.

Methods: We extracted patients with Stage IIIB NSCLC from the Survival, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER) database treated from 2004 to 2012 with either radiation alone or radiation followed by surgery. Other variables extracted were age, sex, race, and tumor location.